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0.0 | nocuffin | October 3rd 17 | "Mike Patton is on this.rThat's all you need to know."
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4.0 excellent | titanslayer | August 1st 14 | This is what insanity sounds like
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4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | January 22nd 16 | After frenetic vocalist Dimitri Minakakis departed, The Dillinger Escape Plan were at an impasse. Replacing him would be no easy task, but the vocalist they got temporarily, for this EP only, is a man who needs no introduction. Mike Patton, simply one of the most charismatic, ranged, and talented frontmen in the business, lends his abilities to the band for four great tracks. It's much more melodic than Calculating Infinity, but still intense and complex, as the opening minutes to "Hollywood Squares" and the closing minutes to "When Good Dogs Do Bad Things" will show you. Patton, like on most of his releases, can be an acquired taste, but his endless arsenal of vocal weapons is on full display here. Not to be outdone, Chris Pennie is as fun and complex as ever on the kit, and the riffs by Ben Weinman are, as usual, the focal point of the music. They never really did anything like this in their discography ever again, and it is quite the enjoyable and interesting listen even at only eighteen minutes, which is definitely reason enough to try this one out.
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4.5 superb | musicalmedicine | December 31st 13 | When good bands release amazing EPs with Mike Patton.
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4.0 excellent | boogs | August 1st 12 | Too bad Come to Daddy is on this...
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3.0 good | CrunchySido | June 27th 09 | Good EP but i don't think Patton's vocals really fit some of the time
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5.0 classic | mir4ge | September 12th 22 | Ferocity cranked to 11, from start to finish; amazing.
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0.0 | Elmo | January 13th 22 | gud ablum
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3.0 good | GamamJ | October 12th 20 | My least favourite Dillinger yet. Seem they try departing from the pure wanky intensity, and I am unbelievably to many not a big Patton fan.
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5.0 classic | ShaquilleONeal | January 26th 17 | Mathcore elements + NuMetal elements + excellent song writing = one unique and impressive EP. This is the best TDEP has to offer.
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0.0 | EasterInTheBatcave | June 10th 16 | "When Good Dogs Do Bad Things" is one of my favourite DEP songs of all time, and Mike Patton's vocals are absolutely fantastic for not only that song, but the duration of this record. I'd love to see him do more work with DEP. It occasionally moves too quickly for its own good, but on the whole Irony Is a Dead Scene is an intriguing listen, and a satisfying Dillinger release.
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2.5 average | Skull917 | August 2nd 14 | This is like pulling your pants down only to expose your hairy asshole to the public "because it's
funny and crazy, you guys". It even ends with a cover of Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy. Ok, we get
it, it's quirky.
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4.0 excellent | BRAman22 | July 14th 14 | A very disturbing and very good EP from The Dillinger Escape Plan.
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5.0 classic | TheCourage | July 16th 12 | Kinda leaves you thinking "so, what if we just invite mike back and kick out greg..."
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3.5 great | TBoneJones23 | July 11th 12 | I can't really get into this album, and I'm really not big on their cover of Come to Daddy, but When Good Dogs Do Bad Things is so good. Now anytime I give this ep a listen I just listen to this song four times as opposed to listening to the whole thing again.
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4.5 superb | MopHeadOvMetal | April 23rd 11 | OMG The dillinger escape plan and Mike Patton :D Epic
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4.5 superb | TheAlmightyBungler | May 23rd 10 | a perfect showing of Mike Patton's vocal abilities. from the hard, slightly Fantomas-ey yelling Hollywood Squares, to the brilliant California-esque singing in When Good Dogs Go Bad, the EP encompasses all that makes Mike Patton a god amongst frontmen. Paired with the technical brutality of DEP, this EP is probably the best record in all of the mathcore genre.
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5.0 classic | asaf | March 28th 10 | Mike Patton? Dillinger? No question! What a gift this was. It spawned Radiation 4 which was an interesting approach to the whole thing, but what a treat this listen turned out to be. How 3 songs and a cover could just completely shift the dynamics of a band's catalogue. It's safe to say TDEP never bounced back from this, and went further down the spiral to produce and mix even more complex and challenging releases.
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5.0 classic | ThePalestMexican | January 11th 10 | What may be only 4 songs to you are 4 of the best songs in Dillinger's entire catagory. It's even balance of Mike Patton's genius, and Dillinger's spastic mathcore.
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4.5 superb | Eternalnow | August 25th 09 | The addition of Mike Patton on vocals pushes this EP near the masterpiece mark; not to mention the amazingly technical musicianship.
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4.0 excellent | stricken | August 25th 09 | The mother of all EP's... It's true that you have to first like Math Metal to enjoy it but, my god if your going to do it, this is how it is done.....
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4.5 superb | VicariousIntent | April 24th 08 | Mad man Mike Patton is truly at his best as he collaborates with a band just as insane as he is. It's hard to complain that there's only four tracks when every track is ridiculously good. As Mr. Patton announces it's "The End" at the end of Hollywood Squares, it's really just beginning. With the strange atmosphere of Pig Latin, to the truly awe inspiring "When Good Dogs Do Bad Things", Irony is a Dead Scene features every artist at their absolute best. I strongly recommend this album to anyone trying to get into Dillinger's eclectic style, somehow Patton makes the album more accessible with his presence...which is by no means a bad thing.
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